Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-19
The Climate.

r,arkable. and words in its praise seem i to those who know not its virtues to be ( tbe ,nost cross exaggeration. The gifted I compiler of the Resources of Arizona, Hon. Patrick Hamilton, has drawn true picture of our climatic pertectlon Tn q brief chapter that cannot be too often republished. He savs-''The winter climate of southern Arizona is indeed as near per lection as oue can expect to hnd any where on the Globe. The mild, balmy mir the days with their clear, cloudiess skies. and the nights brilliantbeyond de- scription, with the luster of countless .tars. like diamonds set in an azure held, present a picture which not even the vaunted cline of sunny Italy can rival The lack of moisture and the peculiar dry elasticity of the air make this the most healthy region on the Pacihc coast In ,uch an atmosphere disease cannot live or germinate. Consultations shattered by bardships and exposure to the severity l of northern winters will find no climate more mild, slubrious and strengthening than that of Yuma, Tucson, Florence, Pbenix. and other points in southern Arizona during the greater portion of the year.
 There is no climate more conducive to longevity. This is proved by the great age reached by Mexcaus and Indians born aud bred here. Centenarians are not uncommon among these people. and there are many of them who have passed the one. hundred milestone. Diseases among them are scarcely ever known; and although few of them observe hyglemc laws, they seldom know days sickness, and travel down the vale of hte with health and faculties unimpaired, and dle at last of old age.
 Arizona has been called the 'Sunset Land" and well does it deserve the name. There IS no region on the globe, not even excepting the Italian peninsula, that can show such grand effects of light and shade, such eorgeousness of coloring, or such ma eni6cent sun-ba-hed landsca es. When the God of Day sinks to rest be- hind some rugged mountain, lighting uE the western heavens with blaze of gold and pink, and crimson, and orange, ano wrapping the jagged peaks of the bare and forbiddiug mountains in soft anc dreamy haze of purple and violet; whel the banks of clouds around the westeri horizon look like masses of hurnishet gold set in sea of silver, then is pre- sented picture to which neither pen no pencil can de justice. And when the las ray has disappeared, and the western six is yet blushing with the mellow radianc of the last glorious caress, the stars begi to peep out from the clear, blue canopy and in short time the vault of heaven dome is lit up by the brilliant beams frol the countless creations that gem the trn anent Noartist has yet undertaken paint an Arizona sunset, but for him W | can transfer to canvas its wonderf coors and it's inexpressible grandea there IS DOlu ldLll6 anu lpIJuI0 III sAOIS.
 In the southern part of the Territol there is scarcely day in the year wh, the sun Is not visible at some time du ing the tweuty-f four hours A clout day is an anomaly in this region and, e cept during the rainy season, the war sunshine bathes hills, mountain and pla ,.,,,,tk ,,, Gbint nf tl, ye mfortunates, condemned to drag Q an existence under the fogs and frosts
 less favored regions, where life is co tinual struggle for existence.
 The healthfulness of the country prover bial. The extreme purity a dryness of the air does away with ma rial diseases, and prevents the spread anything like epidemics. Il is safe
 say there is not a popul ,tion of eq numbers in the United Sta es where
 mortality from natural causes in iess u in Arizona. In the valley of the Si where irrigation IS extensively practic and where, ewing to the numerous wat ways, one would expect malarial fev to prevail, such thing is unknown. \ work in the fields and in the water vii ana summer and enjoy the best of hea No better evidence of the virtues of zona's climate can be found than this.
 Instead of the sun-scorched des which some have pictured it, he will
 that it is land blessed beyond T countries with climate whose hea giving qualities few can equal. The s mers of northern Arizona reach as ne perfect temperature as any on the
 tinent, while the winters in the soutl part of the Territory possess all those sirable features of mildness, salubrity
 reuuperative power which 80 many
 for in vain in foreign lands.
 The emgrant who thinks of castin,
 lot in this growing Territory need
 no misgivings about the climate. U
 It's genial skies he can follow his ca